Thomas Cup 2024 Highlights: China proved to be too good for India, who suffered another tight defeat in Chengdu.
Thomas Cup 2024, India vs China Highlights: Indian men’s badminton team lost 1-3 against China in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup on Thursday.
HS Prannoy, usually a slow starter, turned the tables and played aggressively from the word go but Shi Yu Qi before fought back to win 15-21, 21-11, 21-14. Men’s doubles was always going to critical for India’s chances but world No 1 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang defeated Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty 21-15, 11-21, 21-12.
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Lakshya Sen was India’s brightest spark as he won 13-21, 21-8, 21-14 against Li Shi Feng. But India needed one point from the first two ties to give Kiran George a fighting chance, it wasn’t to be. World No 11 Ren Xiang Yu and He Ji Ting were overwhelming favourites against Dhruv Kapila and Sai Pratheek K as the Indians went down 10-21, 10-21.
That India played within 24 hours of their marathon fight against Indonesia last night didn’t help either. That defeat also meant India got the worst possible draw for the quarterfinals.
India vs China QF results
MS1: Shi Yu Qi 15-21 21-11 21-14 HS Prannoy
MD1: Liang Wei Keng – Wang Chang 21-15 11-21 21-12 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Vs Chirag Shetty
MS2: Li Shi Feng 21-13 8-21 14-21 Lakshya Sen
MD2: He Ji Ting – Ren Xiang Yu 21-10 21-10 Dhruv Kapila – Sai Pratheek K
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MS3: Lu Guang Zu Vs Kiran George
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There were myriad technical shortcomings of hers that Isharani Baruah candidly reflected on after being shot out 21-12, 21-10 by Olympic champion Chen Yufei playing the Uber Cup group match. The pace of the rallies she could cope with, but Yufei’s lengths, her drops, variations, and all strokes going to the backcourt, mightily awed the 20-year-old. “And it was not comfortable. It was tough. I have to improve my strokes and variations,” she would state. (READ MORE)
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First uploaded on: 02-05-2024 at 13:52 IST
